THE CALIFORNIA PBIS PLAYBOOK
How Minga Helps Schools Actually Run PBIS, Not Just Document It
INTRODUCTION & CALIFORNIA CONTEXT
The Gap Between the PBIS Plan and the Day-to-Day
California schools have embraced MTSS and PBIS because the goal is right: build a school climate where kids feel supported, not just managed. But ask any school leader how it’s actually going day-to-day, and you’ll hear the same thing.
The paperwork is everywhere. Points get tracked in one spreadsheet. Referrals live in another system. Intervention schedules get built in a third. By the time a district leader tries to see the whole picture, the picture doesn’t exist. Nobody’s dropping the ball. There’s just no ball to find, because it’s scattered across five different tools and a filing cabinet.
Minga puts it all in one place. Points, praise, interventions, referrals, and behavior management all live in one platform. Teachers get one simple workflow instead of five logins. Site leaders keep the freedom to run their own reward stores and their own campus culture. District leaders finally get to see how PBIS is actually going, everywhere, at once.
That’s the whole idea. One system that works for the classroom and the district office at the same time.

TIER 1 UNIVERSAL SUPPORTS
Catch Kids Doing Something Right With PBIS Points & Rewards
Every PBIS framework starts here: notice the good, not just the bad. But if points and rewards are being given out without context, we lose the purpose. And if praising a student takes five clicks and two logins, teachers stop doing it by Thursday. Minga connects rewards to PBIS values, engaging students and making it easy enough that staff actually keep it up.

“We’re now using Minga with fidelity, and it’s really transformed our campus. We’re able to track so many of our student behaviors, give students so much more choice in their education, and get kids excited to go to events and earn their points.”

STEVEN PIÑA
Activities Director,
Monterey High School, CA
ACCOUNTABILITY ACROSS ALL TIERS
Handle Tough Moments Consistently & Fairly With Behavior Tracking & Automated Discipline
When a student crosses a line, what happens next needs to be clear, fair, and documented, every time, for every kid. That’s hard to promise when half your staff is using paper and the other half is using memory.

“I love the Behavior Manager. I love that in real time, when a teacher assigns a guidance, the parent is notified. This helps our team, and it helps our parents, instead of waiting till the end of the day to hear about their child. I feel like that has been very successful.”

Kelly Silva
Intervention Coordinator
Golden Valley High
TIER 2 & 3 TARGETED SUPPORT
RTI Scheduling: Get Kids the Right Support Without the Admin Headache
Tier 2 and Tier 3 support only works if kids actually end up in the right room at the right time. That sounds simple. But anyone who’s built a flex period schedule by hand knows it isn’t.

“Minga was a total game-changer for us. We’ve been able to solve some of our biggest challenges all in one place. Things aren’t falling through the cracks anymore. The biggest impact is that with FlexTime, our teachers are able to provide targeted support where it’s needed most, and a lot more value has been brought to “Pride Time,” our flex period program.”

Taylor Bowers
Academic Coach
Greer Lingle Middle School
FOR SCHOOL SITES & DISTRICT SCALE
One Unified Platform, the Whole Picture
Every piece of this playbook lives in the same place. Behavior tracking, praise and points, flex time and interventions, referrals, detentions and consequences: it’s all one system, not five.
Rolling It Out, From Site to District
Sites keep full control.
Build your own rewards store, your own flex schedule, your own campus culture, all your own way. Nothing gets flattened into a one-size-fits-all district template.
Districts get the full picture.
Set the PBIS structure once, then see how it’s actually taking hold at every school, where staff are running it well and where a site needs more support, without waiting on anyone to send you a report.
Take the Next Step
Partner With Us to Transform Your School Climate
Minga isn’t another tool your staff has to remember to check. It’s the place where your PBIS and MTSS work actually comes together: recognition, intervention, and accountability, all in one spot.
Sites keep full control.


